The “Women's Living Blue Book: Chinese Women's Life Status Report No. 9,” was recently released in Beijing. The book's report on the quality of life of urban women shows that in 2014, women were happy with their work, but want gender equality and more support in the workplace.
Urban women have a lot to be happy about: 61% of women own property, and 36% of women are satisfied with their personal income. The average income for women was 7,267 Yuan in 2014, making up for an average of 32.3% of total household income. 41.5% of women said that they were satisfied with their work and that work makes women, “more confident,” and “more respected,” and makes life, “more fulfilling.”
Women in 2014 were troubled by “rising prices and high cost of living,” “air and environment pollution,” and “lack of leisure time.” On other issues, nearly 70% of women said they have returned goods because of quality issues. 80% said that they have had personal information leaked.
Despite advancement for women in education, and employment, lack of gender equality in the workplace is still an issue in China. Women who are breastfeeding or who have very young children want more support from the workplace and from society.
The book was compiled by a Chinese women's magazine, Huakun Women's Survey Center and Huakun Consumer Guidance Center.
Source: boxun.com
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Do they want full work equality? It's a popular movement to get more women into top jobs, where men are more often found (CEOs or political leaders), but do people also want more women in the lower jobs, which are also predominately male (like miners, or construction workers). If you only want more women leaders, but are happy that men are the vast majority of workers being crushed to death in mine collapses, drowning in torrents of raw sewage, or falling to their deaths from scaffolding, then you're not for full equality. Full equality means equality for all. Women do have valid complaints here, but they aren't the only ones (death by overwork, as well as general workplace fatalities, are valid issues as well, and mostly affect men).
May 11, 2015 10:03 Report Abuse
I see you learned somewhere on how the feminazis skew statistics to make it appear that they earn less than men. You are promoted to Jedi Master.
May 11, 2015 10:55 Report Abuse
Give me a break, I am all for gender equality, I truly love women, but in China most are just like the local men, they want everything without lifting a finger. They want more time to watch soapy Korean dramas and take photos where they are trying (yet failing) to look cute, we all know that.
May 10, 2015 08:38 Report Abuse
woman deserve as much as everyone else here. Nothing. Slaves to their overlords
May 09, 2015 15:36 Report Abuse
“Women's Living Blue Book: Chinese Women's Life Status Report No. 9,” and Chinese women's magazine, Huakun Women's Survey Center and Huakun Consumer Guidance Center. = social engineering. that work makes women, “more confident,” and “more respected,” and makes life, “more fulfilling.” -yeah right, i believe ya. Not.
May 09, 2015 14:30 Report Abuse
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